PDF malware analysis — malicious · f5cd93fa5a68fbaf

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.0 KB

MD5: bd9f1e154c06975894df60393d84db47 SHA-1: 1802de6e7cfb75e98478d54384c265fc5743f78d SHA-256: f5cd93fa5a68fbaf4b66fab69ee6372114c884fccd7ecb4c3d0410d7fa7d6dca

146 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK

T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.001 Malicious Link T1071.001 Web Protocols

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that exploits CVE-2007-5659 using the `Collab.collectEmailInfo` sink. The heuristic firings indicate that this JavaScript is responsible for downloading and executing a second-stage payload, as evidenced by the extracted JavaScript files `legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` and `legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js`. The `CLAMAV_DETECTION` heuristic further confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Heuristics 6

Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659

PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION

ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35903
JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT

PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS

PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
syncAnnotScan annotation-staging primitive low PDF_FOXIT_SYNCANNOTSCAN

PDF JavaScript calls syncAnnotScan() — a no-op annotation-enumeration primitive used by exploit-kit JavaScript to stage payload reads from annotation /Subject fields before eval(). Not a vulnerable sink itself; rarely seen in legitimate PDFs. (matched in decompressed stream)
Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE

One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`javascript_obj0007_000.js` `860eae5f96eb426380281c575a089242b50523bbb4bbb8dd765e582cd9c07d2e`	pdf-javascript-stream	PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x19D	294 bytes
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js` `b004c00f9413252755bb7d6b75352be6009a8f010a878d29e14fd656e60b5320`	deobfuscated-js	z-percent hex-pair decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8	5105 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
`legacy_pdfkit_stage_001.js` `30cf920de5e0c92145e4e2d55922d91a8d6897d44bdb6f76050e8ead47abe7b9`	deobfuscated-js	repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x2E8	12159 bytes
Detection ClamAV: No threats found Obfuscation or payload: likely Carved artifact contains 1 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).

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